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Dal primo pacchetto all'era del segreto: riprendersi le chiavi di casa digitale
Quarant'anni fa, un pacchetto IP partito da Pisa raggiungeva la Pennsylvania: non solo un primato tecnico, ma un atto politico di apertura al mondo. Da allora abbiamo costruito reti sempre più sofisticate, delegato servizi sempre più critici, accettato complessità sempre meno comprensibili. Il risultato è un paradosso: stiamo disegnando matite bellissime — ma sono sempre matite.| L'intervento attraversa le tappe di questa traiettoria: dalla nascita delle "reti nelle reti" con MPLS, alla frammentazione geopolitica che ha spezzato il mito del Level Playing Field; dalle acquisizioni che trasformano l'Open Source in una trappola, all'opacità strutturale di AI e Quantum Computing. Sullo sfondo, la minaccia silenziosa del Harvest Now, Decrypt Later: i dati che crediamo al sicuro oggi vengono già raccolti in attesa di essere decifrati domani. La risposta non è la sovranità digitale intesa come autarchia, ma l'autonomia: la capacità concreta di scegliere, cambiare fornitore, garantire la riservatezza delle fonti. Riprendersi le chiavi di casa digitale significa tornare a interrogarsi sulle fondamenta — con curiosità critica e consapevolezza etica.
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Resilienza digitale, sostenibilità e fragilità dei sistemi
Un approfondimento su robustezza, continuità operativa e sostenibilità delle infrastrutture: dai rischi sistemici alla capacità di adattamento, fino al rapporto tra crescita tecnologica, sicurezza e impatto ambientale.
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Massimo Carboni is GARR deputy director and Chief Technical Officer. He graduated in Physics from the University of Rome La Sapienza and has been working in computing and networking for over 20 years. In the field of scientific computing, since the 1990s he has been involved in the transition from proprietary to open (Unix) computing systems. During this period he participated in the development of Montecarlo-type software simulations for nuclear and subnuclear physics (HEMAS, FLUKA). Since the end of the 90's he has been working in the networking field gaining considerable experience in the field of optical networks, packet networks and about infrastructure issues related to transmission networks. He was responsible for the design of the GARR-G network (2002) and subsequently of GARR-X (2009). He was the technical coordinator of the GARR-X Progress project (2013-16). As part of the evolution of the European network GEANT he was part of the team of experts who designed, engineered the current pan-European network Géant. He is currently coordinator of the GARR-T project, the new infrastructure of the Italian national research and education network.
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From the first packet to the age of secrecy: taking back the keys to your digital home
Forty years ago, an IP packet sent from Pisa reached Pennsylvania: not just a technical milestone, but a political act of openness to the world. Since then, we have built ever more sophisticated networks, delegated ever more critical services, and accepted levels of complexity that are increasingly difficult to grasp. The result is a paradox: we are designing ever more beautiful pencils — but they are still just pencils. This talk traces the key stages of that trajectory: from the emergence of “networks within networks” with MPLS, to the geopolitical fragmentation that has shattered the myth of a level playing field; from acquisitions that turn open source into a trap, to the structural opacity of AI and quantum computing. In the background looms the quiet threat of Harvest Now, Decrypt Later: data we believe to be secure today is already being collected, waiting to be deciphered tomorrow. The answer is not digital sovereignty understood as autarky, but autonomy: the practical ability to choose, to switch provider, to guarantee the confidentiality of sources. Taking back the keys to our digital home means returning to question the very foundations — with critical curiosity and ethical awareness.
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Digital resilience, sustainability and system fragility
An in-depth look at robustness, operational continuity and infrastructure sustainability: from systemic risks to adaptive capacity, and the relationship between technological growth, security and environmental impact.
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